Platoon (2002 video game)

Platoon is a real-time strategy video game developed by Digital Reality and published by Monte Cristo for the PC Windows in 2002. It was also published by Strategy First as Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam. Platoon is the second video game adaptation of the 1986 war film of the same title, following the 1987 game by Ocean Software. Despite it being marketed as "the first strategy game about the Vietnam War", the first such game was actually Domark's 1991 'Nam 1965-1975.

Platoon
Monte Cristo cover art
Developer(s)Digital Reality
Publisher(s)Monte Cristo
Strategy First
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: November 19, 2002[1]
  • EU: November 21, 2002
Genre(s)Real-time strategy

Plot

The game begins with a newly promoted U.S. Army sergeant who has been ordered to lead an infantry squad in the Vietnam War.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic49/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGW[3]
GameSpot6.7/10[4]
GameZone6.5/10[5]
IGN6/10[6]
PC Gamer (UK)57%[7]
PC Gamer (US)30%[8]
PC Zone45%[9]
X-Play[10]

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] IGN's Dan Adams said: "If you're looking for something akin to this, you could try out Soldiers of Anarchy, which is great except for the pathfinding (which you can pray they fix) or even go back to the good old days and pick up one of the Myth series or even Commandos 2. But don't waste you're [sic] money here."[6]

References
  1. McNewserson, Newsey (November 19, 2002). "Platoon Ships Out". IGN. Archived from the original on May 2, 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  2. "Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  3. Jackson, Jonah (March 2003). "Platoon" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 224. p. 99. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  4. Grey, Bruce (December 3, 2002). "Platoon: [The] 1st Airborne Cavalry Division [in Vietnam] Review". GameSpot. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  5. Giacobbi, Kevin "BIFF" (December 3, 2002). "Platoon - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  6. Adams, Dan (December 19, 2002). "Platoon (PC)". IGN. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  7. "Platoon". PC Gamer UK. January 2003.
  8. Poole, Stephen (February 2003). "Platoon". PC Gamer. p. 68. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  9. Presley, Paul (December 23, 2002). "PC Review: Platoon". PC Zone. Archived from the original on September 13, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  10. Bemis, Greg (January 27, 2003). "'Platoon' (PC) Review". X-Play. Archived from the original on April 13, 2003. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
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